May 11 - Scandinavian Shipping & Logistics (SSL) has been appointed agent in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania by Kestrel Liner Agencies and Tropical Shipping.
SSL will add these Baltic countries to Sweden, Norway and Finland, were it already acts as representative agent for Kestrel and Tropical.
Kestrel and Tropical specialise in services to and from the Americas, carrying a range of cargoes, including containers, breakbulk and ro-ro cargo.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has joined global public-private partnership the First Movers Coalition (FMC), which is working to scale the most critical, emerging climate technologies required to decarbonise the world’s heavy-emitting sectors.
The World Shipping Council (WSC) has appointed Joe Kramek as its president and ceo, succeeding John Butler who retires at the end of July.
Total cargo throughput of the port of Antwerp-Bruges amounted to 70.4 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2024, an increase of 2.4 percent compared to the same period last year, with container throughput increasing and the general cargo sector showing signs of recovery.
Liebherr USA has named Shane Kuhlmey as divisional director of crawler cranes, deep foundation machines and maritime cranes.
Energy and marine consultants ABL has opened an office in Constanta, Romania, to support the Black Sea region’s offshore energy and maritime markets.
Spanish logistics service provider Bergé has set up an industrial process logistics division, which focuses on consolidating industrial logistics activity for the automotive and steel industries.
